Vorstellung » Nathaniel Hackett has been an offensive coordinator

in the NFL for parts of five different seasons Elgton Jenkins Jersey , following two years as a coordinator at a power-five college football program. Prior to that, his first four years of NFL experience came as an offensive quality control coach for a pair of teams.Now, Hackett is the next offensive coordinator for the Green Bay Packers, despite just one season in that position with good numbers for his offense. However, a look back at his history shows that he has had very little to work with at the quarterback position at his previous stops.On Monday evening, Michael Cohen of The Athletic tweeted the list of QBs that Hackett has worked with as a coordinator over his NFL career. It’s a brutal list, and it prompting us at APC to take a closer look at those individuals and their numbers with Hackett in charge. We’ll also take a peek at the signal-callers at the NFL level when Hackett was a QC coach for fun.Let’s start in Tampa Bay, where Hackett got his first job as a quality control coach under Jon Gruden. He was there for two seasons, 2006 and 2007, and the Buccaneers went 4-12 and 9-7 in those years respectively. Hackett of course was not responsible for coaching quarterbacks or leading an offense at that time, but it’s where he cut his teeth as an NFL assistant and he would have had at least some level of involvement with these players.The QB situation for the 2006 Bucs was a complete mess; Bruce Gradkowski started 11 games, with three starts for Chris Simms and two for Tim Rattay. The trio combined to complete just 55.3% of their passes for 2,994 yards (just 5.6 yards per attempt), 14 touchdowns and 18 interceptions. However, Gruden helped convince Jeff Garcia to come to Tampa for the 2007 season and signed Luke McCown as his backup. That pairing was a massive improvement, combining for 64.5% completions, 3,579 yards (7.4 YPA), 18 touchdowns, and just seven picks.After that season, Hackett moved on to a QC position with Dick Jauron’s Buffalo Bills for two years, the second of which saw former Packers quarterbacks coach Alex Van Pelt calling plays as the OC. 2008 saw Trent Edwards start 14 games with JP Losman getting a pair of starts. The team went 7-9 as the Bills’ offense primarily ran through running backs Marshawn Lynch and Fred Jackson. Edwards was at least passable, with 7.2 yards per attempt and an 11-10 TD-INT ratio; Losman was a mess, however, with two scores to give picks and just 5.6 YPA.Ryan Fitzpatrick arrived from Cincinnati the following season, but he and Edwards split time as the starter (with one start thrown in for former Packers backup Brian Brohm). This was hardly Fitzmagic, however; his 56% completion rate and 6.3 YPA led to a passer rating of just 69.7. Edwards was better, but not by much as his rating was just four points higher.In 2010, Hackett moved on to Syracuse University, remaining in upstate New York and taking a job as quarterbacks and tight ends coach under Doug Marrone — with whom he would remain until being fired in November. After one year in that position, Hackett was promoted to offensive coordinator, serving in that capacity for the Orange the next two seasons before he and Marrone left for Buffalo.Syracuse had a winning record in two of Hackett’s three seasons there, all of which saw Ryan Nassib serve as the team’s starting quarterback. 2010 was Nassib’s sophomore year, and he would eventually be a fourth-round draft pick by the New York Giants in 2013. Here are Nassib’s stats in those three years with Hackett coaching him:2010: 202-358 (56.4%), 2,334 yards (6.5 YPA), 19 TDs, 8 INTs2011: 259-415 (62.4%), 2,685 yards (6.5 YPA), 22 TDs, 9 INTs2012: 294-471 (62.4%) http://www.thepackersfanshop.com/Jace-Sternberger-Jersey , 3,749 yards (8.0 YPA), 26 TDs, 10 INTsThose numbers show a significant improvement from year to year — first bumping up completion percentage by a great deal from year one as a starter to year two, then increasing yards per attempt going to year three. Nassib never started an NFL game, but he would eventually land a backup job in Jacksonville (under Marrone and Hackett) in 2017.In 2013, Marrone took the head coaching job with the Bills, bringing Hackett along with him as OC. Interestingly, he also hired Mike Pettine as his defensive coordinator, giving the Bills the same pair of coordinators that the Packers will have in 2019. However, Hackett unfortunately had a brutal set of quarterbacks to work with.That year, the Bills drafted EJ Manuel 16th overall, and he was the team’s opening day starter. Manuel struggled mightily, as rookie QBs tend to do, completing about 59% of his passes for 6.4 yards per attempt, 11 touchdowns, and nine interceptions. He also missed six games, forcing Thaddeus Lewis to start five contests and Jeff Tuel (remember him?) the other. The results weren’t great; Buffalo’s passing game ranked 29th in net yards per attempt, and only a terrific running game with Jackson and C.J. Spiller kept them from being a truly abysmal offense.2014 was an improvement, however, thanks to the arrival of Kyle Orton, who might be the best quarterback Hackett has ever had to this point in his career as a coordinator. His 64.2% completion rate is the high mark for a Hackett quarterback, and his 6.8 YPA is third for any NFL quarterback in his charge. Manuel started four unimpressive games, but Buffalo’s running game tanked as Spiller fell out of favor.Then, in 2015, Marrone was fired, landing in Jacksonville as the assistant head coach and offensive line coach for Gus Bradley. He again brought Hackett with him as the quarterbacks coach where he worked with Blake Bortles for nearly four years. The first year-plus, Hackett served as quarterbacks coach before Bradley was fired midway through 2016 and Marrone was installed as interim head coach. At that time, Hackett got the keys to the offense as the coordinator, a position he held until Marrone fired him in November 2018.Here’s a look at Bortles’ four seasons under Hackett:2015: 355-606 (58.6%), 4,428 yards (7.3 YPA), 35 TDs, 18 INTs2016: 368-625 (58.9%), 3,905 yards (6.2 YPA), 23 TDs, 16 INTs2017: 315-523 (60.2%), 3,687 yards (7.0 YPA), 21 TDs, 13 INTs2018: 243-303 (60.3%) Dexter Williams Jersey , 2,718 yards (6.7 YPA), 13 TDs, 11 INTsBortles’ big numbers in 2015 came with Greg Olson as offensive coordinator, and his YPA was solid, particularly when considering that his completion percentage was under 59%. His yards per completion was an impressive 12.5, largely due to huge seasons from Allen Robinson (17.5 yards per reception) and Allen Hurns (16.1). However, he remained turnover-prone, leading the NFL in interceptions as well as taking the most sacks of any NFL quarterback.An argument can certainly be made that Bortles’ best season was in 2017, when he increased his completion rate (at least a bit), cut down on interceptions somewhat. He very much became a game manager, allowing the running game and defense to dominate instead. Hackett’s playcalls leaned heavily on a multi-faced rushing attack, which finished #1 in the NFL in yards and ninth in yards per attempt. It is also worth noting that Robinson tore his ACL in week one, robbing Jacksonville of their top receiving option after just one reception for 17 yards.To expand on Cohen’s list, here’s the complete list of quarterbacks who have started games for Hackett during his tenure as a coordinator, QBs coach, or offensive quality control coach, with number of starts, team, and the seasons that those starts took place. The list is in chronological order, and should give some perspective on the dearth of quality players Hackett has had to work with.Bruce Gradkowski — 11 (Buccaneers, 2006)Chris Simms — 3 (Buccaneers, 2006)Tim Rattay — 2 (Buccaneers, 2006)Jeff Garcia — 13 (Buccaneers, 2007)Luke McCown — 3 (Buccaneers, 2007)Trent Edwards — 21 (Bills, 2008-09)JP Losman — 2 (Bills, 2008)Ryan Fitzpatrick — 8 (Bills, 2009)Brian Brohm — 1 (Bills, 2009)Ryan Nassib — 39 (Syracuse, 2010-12)EJ Manuel — 14 (Bills, 2013-14)Thaddeus Lewis — 5 (Bills, 2013)Jeff Tuel — 1 (Bills, 2013)Kyle Orton — 12 (Bills, 2014)Blake Bortles — 59 (Jaguars, 2015-18) GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers went back to work Monday following their bye week knowing they’ll have their hands full with the undefeated Los Angeles Rams on Sunday.But before they worry about the Rams, they focused on another team: Their own.“Today’s about self-improvement,” McCarthy said after his players went through various meetings on their first day back at work after five days off. “And that’s all I talked to them about in the team meeting. Even the things we are doing pretty good statistically is not good enough, and that’s always been the approach here.”More Packers coverage from FOX Sports WisconsinPhotos of the Week: 7/21/19 – 7/27/19Packers rookie Gary’s biggest critic is himselfTop Tweets: Former Badger TJ Watt has impressive four-year transformationPHOTOS: 2019 Green Bay Packers training campPackers’ Rodgers, LaFleur ironing out offense, building chemistryAmong the meetings players attended Monday were what McCarthy calls “across-the-hall” meetings Elgton Jenkins Jersey , in which defensive coaches give offensive players their observations and pointers and vice versa.McCarthy said each meeting was roughly an hour and a half long and paired up various positions so coaches and players could engage in evaluation of the information gleaned from the staff’s bye week self-scouting.For example, left tackle David Bakhtiari said he and the other offensive tackles, along with the tight ends, met with their outside linebacker teammates Monday. With offensive line coaches James Campen and Jeff Blasko coaching up Clay Matthews, Nick Perry and the edge rushers, while linebackers coach Winston Moss shared his findings with the tackles and tight ends.“It’s breaking down, if they were to play us this week, ‘This is how I’d approach you. This is what I’m seeing on film,'” Bakhtiari said. “It’s a different viewpoint instead of just your offensive line coach.”Added veteran cornerback Tramon Williams, whose group was paired with the wide receivers: “Those guys are talking about the things that give them trouble, we’re talking about the things that give us trouble.“We go over film and look at some clippings of what we’ve done well or what we might not have done so well, and I think it just helps everybody in general to know that, ‘OK, going forward, this is the way the defense is looking to attack us.’ Or, ‘This is the way the offense is looking to attack us.'”Of course, now it’s a matter of taking that intel and putting it to good use against the Rams, who come in as the NFL’s lone remaining undefeated team at 7-0 and leading the NFL in total offense (445.3 yards per game) and ranked second in scoring (33.6 points per game).Sunday’s game at the Los Angeles Coliseum kicks off a brutal stretch for the Packers (3-2-1), who play four of their next five games on the road and will travel to New England to face the Patriots and Tom Brady after their matchup with the Rams.McCarthy said Monday the team will travel to Southern California on Friday, a day earlier than usual, and will have their most arduous practices of the week on Tuesday and Wednesday — a day earlier than normal.“For us, it’s one week at a time,” Williams said. “We know that we have an obviously undefeated Rams team this week, who a lot of people think is unbeatable.“Obviously, we know they’re beatable at some degree. But they are tough, a tough team. Everything they advertise to be, they are. And we haven’t been who we say we were. We’re still working on that. But we feel confident about our chances going into LA, though.“We have to face all those teams. But we can only do it one at a time. We can’t look ahead to next week and talk about Tom Brady right now. It’s the Rams. We understand what’s coming up, but that starts out with the Rams, so that’s what we’re focused on.”The Packers are a significant underdog, even with Aaron Rodgers at quarterback.The Packers are hoping that Rodgers, who has been playing through a painful left knee injury sustained in the Sept. 9 regular-season opener, is the healthiest he’s been since the injury, and his improved mobility could mean more options for McCarthy as an offensive play-caller.McCarthy said if Rodgers’ knee is significantly better, he’ll be able to line up under center more often, which should lead to more carries for the running backs and more effective play-action passing.“When you throw the football, especially the normal down-and-distance, you want to be higher in action-pass than you are in drop-back,” McCarthy said.“The drop-back component of throwing the football has been the strength, but the action-pass is where you want to do a better job, especially (with) the run game. The run game needs attempts. That’s really the biggest thing that came out of the self-scout.”